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White people had to make free slaves more equal, soon the white people feared that they would lose there status as superior to blacks. So these laws were made out of fear that the balcks would become better than the white people.
 * Why were the Jim Crow laws passed?**

Jim Crow was not a real person. He was origanally a black man from a song. In the 19th century "Jim Crow" was a way of characterizing black people. By the 1890's "Jim Crow" took on an additional meaning, subordination and seperation.
 * Who is Jim Crow?**

The first Jim Crow Law was passed in 1888 in Louisiana. //sarina m.//
 * When and Where** **were the first Jim Crow laws passed?**

The laws were examples of social- control legislation. The laws segregated balcks from whites. There were seperate schools, resturants, bathrooms, ect. The white people were treated better than the blacks were. They were laws in which the government dictated how citizens should act.
 * What were the Jim Crow laws?**

http://www.nps.gov/archive/elro/glossary/jim-crow-laws.htm
 * Jim Crow:**

http://www.nps.gov/archive/malu/documents/jim_crow_laws.htm
 * Sampling of the Jim Crow Laws:**

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1624096914644228135&q=Jim+Crow+Laws&hl=en
 * This is a video about the Jim Crow Laws:**

//cori p.//



The Jim Crow Laws refer to practices, institutions, or laws that result or support segregation of black people from white people.


African American people were relegated to second-class status and standards. They were denied to access public education and transportation institutions. The Jim Crow Laws included seperation of races in transportation, schools, lodging, public parks, theaters, hospitals, neighborhoods, resturaunts and even cemetaries. White people treated African Americans horribly, ususally involving violence. In the south, violence was the biggest answer to white peoples problems with black people. Sometimes the fights were so bad, the ending result for black people was death. Black people were supposed to be "sperate but equal" even though that concept did not work. They were not treated equally.

//Dana R.//